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A Divine Mind A clean and controlled mind becomes a divine mind. It draws the entire capacity of the Self of the individual. The Self is the image of God. You

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, Jul 21, 2012

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A Divine Mind

"A clean and controlled mind becomes a
divine mind. It draws the entire capacity
of the Self of the individual. The Self is
the image of God. You are made in the image
of the divine. That means we have God within
us. In that case, we should have all the
capacities of God, but we don't seem to
because of the improper instrument through
which the divine potentialities are to be
expressed. The power is there, the light is
there, but it's not expressing itself because
of the enclosure. The mind and the body are
such enclosures. Imagine there is a candle
burning. If there is a dark smoky chimney
placed around it, it will not allow the light
to shine forth. Clean the smoke, and you will
see some light. Clean the mind and you'll see the divine.

"God bless you. OM Shanti, Shanti, Shanti."

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The Final Straw You cannot say exactly what will open your mind and when it will happen. The real knowledge or wisdom will not dawn slowly. Once you get it,

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, Mar 7 7:01 PM

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The Final Straw

You cannot say exactly what will open your mind and when it will
happen. The real knowledge or wisdom will not dawn slowly. Once you get
it, you have it. If you don't get it, you don't have it. The realization
doesn't come little by little. Realization is instantaneous. When will
it happen? Nobody can tell you. Even a small, trifling thing could do it.

I will
tell you a story about a saint named Patinatar. His father was a very
rich man who had made a lot of money from shipping and other businesses.
The father had seen many saints and sages and had studied a lot, but
nothing had opened his mind to the Truth. He repeated his mantra
regularly, performed religious rituals, did all the spiritual practices,
but wisdom didn't dawn in him. One day he asked his son, Patinatar, to
take his ship and go buy some merchandise. Patinatar went to an island
and saw the poor people there. He spent all the money, millions of
dollars, on helping these people. Patinatar realized that he couldn't go
home with an empty ship, so he filled the entire ship with cow dung
cakes, which were probably worth a hundred dollars or less. Then he
sailed home.

As soon as the boat arrived, some of the
boatmen ran to the father and told him, "Your son has gone crazy. He
spent all of your money, and all he came back with is cow dung." The
father was so upset that he didn't even want to see his son. When
Patinatar arrived at the house, his father was not even there to greet
him.

Patinatar gave a small package to his mother and
said, "Please give this to my father when he comes. I will see you
later." With that, he walked out. When the father came home, he asked,
"Where is my son?" His wife told him that Patinatar had come and gone,
and gave him the package. When the father opened the package, he found a
broken sewing needle and a note. The note said, "Even the eye of a
broken needle will not come with you on your final journey." As soon as
he read those words, he immediately took off his fancy clothes, put on a
loin cloth, said goodbye to his house and his businesses, and walked
out. Realization had dawned in him. He had heard many hundreds of
stories before, he had read volumes, he knew all the philosophy, but
nothing had opened his eyes until he saw these few words.

Realization
can dawn with the smallest thing. It doesn't have to be a big blow.
That trifling thing is what you call the final straw. Wisdom dawns that
way. At any moment, anything could be the last straw for you. Then you
are enlightened. Until then, you are still preparing yourself. You are
getting ready for that moment.

Om Shanthi, Shanthi, Shanthi

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